Mia or Isabelle?

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just that .

Oh, also is Mia too short to carry well into adulthood? Does it pass the 'high court judge test'?

Mia. I think it's fine to carry into adulthood.

Mia

Isabelle

Thank you. I know both names are popular but I'm not too bothered by that. Which of these names is the 'stronger' name? I know they both have cutsey potential but which one sounds 'stronger' in your opinion?

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Isabelle. Every child I know with Mia gets it mis pronounced as there are a couple of ways to pronounce it eg Mia (like Mia Farrow) or My-a. Would be so annoying for them as they get older. But it is a beautiful name.

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That is the downside of Mia.

I'm a teacher and have a Mia, a Maya (pronounced May-ah) and another Maya (pronounced My-ah).

Every time I address any of them I have to pause for 5 seconds first to make sure I get their name correct.

Isabelle

Mia!! You get the occasional "is it Mia or mya?" But people can mispronounce pretty much any name so I wouldn't worry about it

Mia

Isabelle. I think it'll last the rest of time better. For me, Mia is too trendy!

I know two highly competent lawyers called Mia! I think it passes the high court judge test just fine!

"I know two highly competent lawyers called Mia! I think it passes the high court judge test just fine!"

I knew I could rely on MN for insider info! My mind is still not made up. Dh leans towards Mia, i prefer Isabelle ever so slightly . But good to know that Mia is not considered to 'babyish' though I agree it is ever so trendy right now. Years ago there was a Swedish Mia on my course at Uni and I thought she had a fabulously cool name was a tad envious, she was gorgeous too. We were studying art & design. Would Mia work as a NN for Emily?

Isabelle

Mia

Its more womanly and less fussy than Isabelle.

They are both really lovely names. Is she here yet? If not why not wait and see which one suits her?

I have an Isobel but I love Mia
It doesn't go with our surname atall so we couldn't use it and I'm still very bitter
And the pronunciation really isn't an issue
Even with Isabelle you'll get "is it Isabelle or Isabella?"

Mia!

Isabelle is meh!

Isabelle :)

I came on to say that i love both those names. But then PPs brought up different pronunciations and I've realised I like Mee-a and am not so keen on My-a.

They're both beautiful non-weirdy names that will be entirely appropriate for a future Prime Minister.

If you're not planning any future children (and therefore needing to keep a name in reserve), Isabelle Mia works fine as a first and middle name.

Mia sounds stronger to me. Definitely less fussy.

Also think there would be issues with Isabelle getting misspelled as Isobel / Isabel / Isobelle etc.

I'm loving the responses but no closer to making up my mind. Maybe Isabelle / Isabel is bait more fussy? I like the name Emily as well. Would Mia work as a nn for Emily? Alternatively if dd1 is a Mia could any potential future dd2 be an Emily?

I like both but I'd go for Mia, as although I like Isabelle/a , it is sooo popular. I'm a nanny and in the last yr my friends and I have looked after 6 Isabelle/a's!

Isabelle will always be spelt wrong!

So I vote Mia Isobel (my preferred spelling)

Any thoughts on my pp:

"Would Mia work as a nn for Emily? Alternatively if dd1 is a Mia could any potential future dd2 be an Emily?" or would this sound too close?